KENNEBUNK, Maine – As school districts consider whether to increase the number of days students can attend school in person, local families are sharing how the hybrid model of instruction has affected them.
Some say the hybrid approach has worked well since the school year began in September. Others consider the model insufficient to meet students academic, social and emotional needs.
Brandon Schiebel, 9, goes to Sea Road School four days a week, but that doesn t mean he s always in his classroom with his teacher or his peers.
Brandon gets in-class instruction Mondays and Tuesdays, and he learns from home on Wednesdays, but on Thursdays and Fridays he learns remotely – not from home, but from the Sea Road School gymnasium. There, employees of the Kennebunk Recreation Department supervise him and other children, helping them set up their computers for their Zoom classes and making sure they keep on schedule.
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YORK, Maine – Keeping students and staff safe from COVID-19 hasn t been cheap. But unanticipated expenses aren’t the only financial curveballs complicating the York School Department s budgeting process. Local leaders have also been debating what to do with their unanticipated savings.
The school district made sure each student had their own computer to support the hybrid learning model, hired additional staff to meet educational needs related to COVID-19, and improved ventilation systems in school buildings, according to Superintendent Lou Goscinski. All of those big-ticket items and more fell outside the district s budget but were covered by federal coronavirus relief funds, without which the district would have been unable to make the needed safety-minded investments, Goscinski said.
Manie Musicale: Maine French song competition for students goes worldwide
The goal of Manie Musicale is to increase student engagement in the French language and cultural knowledge through popular French songs. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:21 PM EST February 21, 2021 Updated: 3:26 PM EST February 22, 2021
MAINE, Maine Manie Musicale is a French song competition started four years ago by two Maine teachers: York Middle School French teacher Stephanie Carbonneau and Falmouth Middle School French teacher Michelle Fournier.
The goal of Manie Musicale is to increase student engagement in the French language, cultural knowledge, and to improve French skills using popular French songs.
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